The best decisions are made at the intersection of data and experience.

真理就是在经验面前站得住脚的东西。

Un libro es un mundo en sí mismo, un universo que se abre ante nuestros ojos.

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

Great engineering is invisible—it just works seamlessly.

"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one—but no one at all—can tell you what to read and when and how."

生活是由许多小事构成的。